Transport

How
to get to Wollongong

Located just 80 kilometres south of Sydney, travelling to Wollongong can be as fun and adventurous or as quick and streamlined as you like.

Take the Grand Pacific Drive and experience coastal rainforests, quaint seaside villages and the 665 metre Sea Cliff Bridge all on your way into Wollongong.

Alternatively
you can jump on the M1 Motorway from Sydney and be here in 80
minutes. You decide!

If
travelling from Canberra, the journey is an easy 250 kilometres via the Hume
Highway.

By air – Shellharbour Airport has flights direct from Wollongong to Brisbane or Melbourne with Fly Corporate.

Sydney to Wollongong

The
journey from Sydney to Wollongong can be as fast or as scenic as you choose.

By car: Grand Pacific Drive

If
you’re travelling from Sydney to Wollongong by car and you’re looking to
experience the best that the journey has to offer, you can’t go past the Grand
Pacific Drive.

Starting
just 45 minutes south of Sydney’s CBD and airports at the entrance to the Royal
National Park (world’s second oldest), you’ll experience what it’s like to move
from the mountains to the sea as you traverse tropical rainforests and emerge
on the coastline which you’ll follow all the way into Wollongong.

There’s
no need for maps, just follow the Grand Pacific Drive directional signage. For
those of you that do like to have a map in hand, you can download them from the
Grand Pacific Drive website.

By car: M1 or M7

If you’re watching the clock, Wollongong is an easy 80 minute drive from the Sydney CBD and airports via the Princes Motorway (M1) or a 60 minute drive from Macarthur in Sydney’s west via the Westlink (M7).

By rail/train

Wollongong
is located on Sydney Train’s South Coast Line. Sydney Trains operate commuter
trains at regular intervals to Wollongong.

If
travelling from the domestic or international airports catch a train on the
airport line to Wolli Creek Station. Disembark and board the next South Coast
Line train to Wollongong. This journey will take approximately 90 minutes from
Wolli Creek Station.

By tour

If
you’re wanting to visit Wollongong and surrounds, a number of tour companies
are available to show you the local must-see sights with some offering pickup
from various Sydney locations including.

Canberra to Wollongong

By car

If
you are travelling from Canberra to Wollongong by car there are two main route
options available:

Take
the Hume Highway to the Moss Vale exit and travel to Wollongong via the
Illawarra Highway. This option will take approximately three hours; or
Take the Hume Highway to the Picton interchange and follow the Picton Road/Mt
Ousley Road into Wollongong. This option will take approximately two hours and
30 minutes.

By bus

If you are travelling from Canberra to Wollongong by bus, there are a number of coach services that offer regular timetables services. Murrays offers a daily coach service between Canberra and Wollongong. For more information visit Murrays website.

Destination Wollongong, enabled by the strategic long term support of Wollongong City Council, is charged with delivering visitor economy growth by positioning Wollongong and surrounds as the premier regional tourism, events and conference destination.